Dick Gregory

You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.

— Dick Gregory

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

— Dick Gregory

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

— Dick Gregory

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

— Dick Gregory

I have experienced personally over the past few years how a purity of diet and thought are interrelated. And when Americans become truly concerned with the purity of the food that enters their own personal systems, when they learn to eat properly, we can expect to see profound changes effected in the social and political system of this nation. The two systems are inseparable.

— Dick Gregory

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

— Dick Gregory

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

— Dick Gregory

I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet. One of the tragedies is that the very folks in the black community who are most sophisticated in terms of the political realities in this country are nonetheless advocates of “soul food.” They will lay down a heavy rap on genocide in America with regard to black folks, then walk into a soul food restaurant and help the genocide along.

— Dick Gregory

When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

— Dick Gregory